Announcements

Local author visited Slatington Public Library on August 5 at 1 P.M.

Local author, Anne Supsic, visited our Book Club on August 5. Anne Supsic is a docent at the Moravian Museum in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a dedicated Francophile, and a bookmark collector. Her presentation was absolutely delightful. THE BOOKMARK is a remarkable story of historical fiction that describes General Lafayette's convalescence in a Moravian home in Bethlehem, PA, in 1777. Anne mesmerized her audience as she brought this story to life for us, discussing her inspiration and research.

To learn more about Anne, you can visit her online at annesupsic.com.

ESTATE PLANNING SEMINAR SEPTEMBER 7 FROM 12 PM - 2 PM

How much do you really know about estate planning? Suppose you would like to learn how to start this process, what is included in estate planning, the difference between will and estate planning, and more. In that case, you'll want to attend this informative seminar by Attorney Emily Ojiel. The seminar starts at noon and ends at 2 PM on September 7, 2024. Come, learn, ask questions, enjoy refreshments! All programs at the Slatington Public Library are free to the public.

NIGHT OF RECOGNITION

Tuesday, June 11th at 6 p.m.

We honored Rodney and Karen Mummey, whose names have been added to the Louise Hallman Memorial Plaque, and local businesses and organizations, who have been recognized and whose names have been added to our new Business and Organization Partners Plaque.

Slatington Open Golf Tournament

Women’s Club of Slatington

Second Chance Shoppe

Pampered Chef Consultant, Heidi Kistler

Dr. Linda K. Blose

Law Offices of Steckel and Stopp

Drs. Cressman and Yablonski Family Practice

Rotary Club of Slatington

We thank them for their donations of $500 or more during 2023.

The family of Rodney and Karen Mummey attended this event in memory of their beloved relatives who donated so generously to our library.

Our library is now resource-sharing with Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Bangor, and Monroe County. That's good news for us! Resource-sharing opens up the world of library collections to library patrons, enabling them to request whatever they want or need. It saves libraries money by reducing the need to purchase materials; libraries share them with each other instead. And our members still have access to all the libraries in our consortium without ever leaving Slatington!

Rotary Club President Tim Silliman presents a check for $1500 to Treasurer Lynne Fedorcha and Board Member Renee Evans. The check will kick off a new early literacy program, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten.

GRANTS

We are grateful recipients of $20,000, awarded by the Harry C. Trexler Trust. This grant will enable us to replace almost all of the computers used by our patrons. Our current computers can no longer be upgraded and this replacement is really necessary. The total cost of the replacement is $25,000; so this grant is quite helpful!

Thanks to the Hommer Grant for awarding us $7,500 to repair water damage in the back of our building. The total cost of this repair is $12,150; so this grant money provides us with a great down payment!

Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Slatington for their 2024 grant of $1500. This money will help us kick off our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program. We are very excited about this early literacy incentive program.

We are grateful to Mickley Fravel for their 2024 grant of $6000.00 which is being used to renew our SPARK (online catalog) subscription and support the library's free programs and ongoing operational expenses.

Thank you to BEFESA (formerly Horsehead) which has granted us $5680 to assist in purchasing staff computers.

We are also grateful to the following grants, foundations, and donors for contributing to our elevator project:

Hommer Grant, Trexler Foundation Grants 2020 and 2022, GoFundMe 2020, Horsehead 2020 and 2022. and 2023 Century Club Donations. Additionally, we have received funds from other local organizations, most notably The Second Chance Shoppe of Slatington. We have also received a generous contribution from Rentschler Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. The generosity of all our donors is very much appreciated.

The Harry C. Trexler Trust 2023 ($25,000) was used to repaint our ceiling and restore the skylight. The family of John Kisthardt, a long-standing member of our board who passed away in November of 2021, also contributed $5000 to this project in his memory. The restoration of the skylight was a dream of his. A Middle School student, Phoenix Jacob, established a GOFUNDME page which contributed $903.22 to the skylight project. The total cost of the skylight project was $28,500. You are still able to contribute to this project as we were $4,403 short of our funding goal.